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Guys, pay attention. (I did not mean to offend anyone, sorry If I did.)
He is stating that he is unchecking the items, and then they keep coming back. He is asking for a utlity to prevent them from adding themselves back into the startup list in the first place.
Itunes is famous for this. My solution was to always uninstall the program that causes this behavior.
Try it yourself, install itunes and uncheck it from startup. After the next 2 or 3 restarts, it comes back and adds itself again. Adobe does this as well.
I personally recommend uninstalling any program that does this and get something else/a replacement.
Itunes replacement:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/29716...ing-your-ipod/
NOTE:
The best way to stop a program from starting up is from within the
program itself. Although adobe and itunes are missing these options. Which is why you might have to use a program from the ones below.
Contrary to what many say, MSCONFIG Startup is not a good place for
this very reason.
Some applications will recreate those entries if the entries are
deleted.
Go to the program itself and look for something under settings like "Load at
startup", "Start at boot" etc.,
Disable it from the application.
MSCONFIG Startup is intended as a troubleshooting tool and as a method
of permanently disabling an application from starting. (But it does not always work.)
OP, i think this is what you are looking for:
How to Stop Programs From Adding Themselves to Windows Startup
http://download.cnet.com/WinPatrol/3...-10129149.html
http://www.mlin.net/StartupMonitor.shtml <-----older program but will probably work by right click run as admin
Last edited by andrew129260; 15 Sep 2013 at 12:30.